Gnomonology

Instructor Profile

Alex Alvarez

Director, <br>The Gnomon Workshop

Alex is founder and director of The Gnomon Workshop and of the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood. Having dedicated the last decade to educating students and professional artists around the world, Alex has helped change the face of computer graphics and design education. He has been published in industry magazines, websites and books - plus he has taught courses at several major trade conferences. Alex is president of the Los Angeles Maya Users Group and sits on the Advisory Boards for Highend3D.com and CGsociety. He continues to work on personal and professional projects, recently as a creature development artist on the James Cameron film Avatar. Prior to Gnomon, Alex worked for Alias|Wavefront as a consultant and trainer for studios in the Los Angeles area. Alex is an alumnus of the Art Center College of Design and the University of Pennsylvania

Instructor Profile

Alex Alvarez

Director, <br>The Gnomon Workshop

Instructor Tutorials

Software Rendering Particles

Blobby Particles, Part One

Image Sequence to Quicktime

Converting Anims to .MOV fil..

Setting Up Orthographic Images

Preparing Orthos in Photosho..

Creating Tileable Textures

Using Photoshop to Eliminate..

Bullets, Dust Hits and Debris

Chapter One: Creating a Dust..

Light Linking in Heavy Scenes

How to Quickly Manage Light/..

Outdoor Lighting

Chapter One: Introduction, R..

The Making of 'Smile'

Chapter One: Base Mesh and U..

Pixie Dust Using Sprites

Chapter One: OptiFX, Emitter..

Creating/Rendering Sparks

Emitters, Fields, Collision ..

Sprite Rendering Fundamentals

Using the Sprite Render Type..

Turntable Animations

Chapter One: 3-pt Lighting a..

Turntable Animations

Chapter Two: Rendering from ..

Turntable Animations

Chapter 3: Wireframe Renderi..

The Refinery Project

Chapter One: Sprite Rendered..

Ground Explosion

Chapter One: Emission, Insta..

The Making of 'Jester'

Introduction

Male Human Head Basemesh

OBJ with UVs

Introduction to Maya

Chapters 1 + 2: UI Overview ..

Human Basemesh - Simple

obj model

Organic Alphas

62 512x512 PSDs

Stone Alphas

43 512x512 PSDs

Elephant Skin

4k scans

Canvas Pack

Military Duffle Bag

Leather Pack 'A'

4k scans

Leather Pack 'B'

Jacket Panels

Belt Pack 'A'

High-Res Scans

The Making of 'Fume'

Chapter One: Forms + Topology

Mouth Interior

Teeth and Gums

Intro to Subsurface Scattering

Using the misss Fast Simple ..

Creating Believable Eyes

Chapter Two: Texturing the I..

Skin Shading with Mental Ray

Chapter Two: Mapping Color, ..

Rigging 101: Skeletons

Chapter Two: Creating Jester..

The Making of 'Trin'

Chapter Six: Zbrush, part two

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